"Honk if you hate history!" and "The Gong Show" are favorite activities among students and teachers as a fun interactive way to learn the principles of Colonial America: Why the Europeans colonized North America and why they founded the colonies; major events in Colonial America; getting to know our founders; and our early representative government.
This ToolBook is rich with games, interactive exercises, and lively discussions about how our country came to be. It is a comprehensive series of lessons beginning with "The ABCs of Colonial America." It covers the following:
- Exploration: Why the Europeans colonized North America and The Columbian Exchange
- Colonization: Why the English founded colonies in the New World; geography of colonial America; the Mayflower Compact; life in colonial America. Which colonies were founded for religious freedom?
- Key events: The 15 major events in colonial America.
- Key people: Play "Name that founder!" Interpret famous quotations from John Winthrop’s "City upon a hill" to John Smith’s "He who does not work, shall not eat."
- Mercantilism: How England eclipsed Spain.
- Representative government: Why representative government arose in the Thirteen Colonies; how religion contributed to the growth of representative government; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Great Awakening
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| Exploration | ||
| #1 Timeline | Timeline of the Explorers - turn it into a mobile. | |
| #2 Lecture | What caused the Age of Exploration? | |
| #3 Game | “The Five Reasons” for European exploration/colonization of N America | |
| #4 Game | “The Great Race” - the five reasons | |
| #5 Student activity | Christopher Columbus sailed west to Asia... | |
| #6 Student activity | Ponce de Leon in Florida | |
| #7 Student activity | Balboa in Panama | |
| #8 Student activity | Cortez psyched out the Aztecs | |
| #9 Student activity | Pizarro was not a nice guy | |
| #10 Student activity | Cabot claimed North America for England | |
| #11 Student activity | Cartier claimed Canada for France | |
| #12 Student activity | Magellan had a lot of courage | |
| #13 Student activity | Francis Drake became a national hero | |
| #14 Student activity | America is named after Vespucci | |
| #15 Game | “Name that Explorer!” | |
| #16 Game | “The Great Race”: Distinguish between Ponce de Leon, Cabeza de Vaca, Estevanico, Coronado, and de Soto. | |
| #17 Mapping | Describe the routes of the world explorers. | |
| #18 Mapping | Describe the routes of North American explorers. | |
| #19 Lecture | “The Columbian Exchange”: Columbus’ contribution to the world. | |
| #20 Game | “Who am I?” The class must guess which explorer you are. | |
| Test 85 Questions | ||
| Colonization | ||
| #21 Internet | “Students teach the class!” using 12 websites on Colonial America. | |
| #22 Lecture | Reasons for colonization: Spain, France, Netherlands, England | |
| #23 Chart | Reasons why the English established the Thirteen Colonies | |
| #24 Game | Top Ten Reasons - why the 13 colonies settled | |
| #25 Chart | Reasons why each of the Thirteen Colonies was founded | |
| #26 Mapping | The geography of Colonial America - with five map quizzes | |
| #27 Game | “The Founders” - which group or man founded which colony? | |
| #28 Game | “The Great Race” - the colony is located in which of the 3 regions? | |
| #29 Game | “Religious Freedom” - which colonies founded for religious freedom? | |
| #30 Timeline | Timeline of Colonial America - the most complete ever! The Top Fifteen events are highlighted in black. | |
| #31 Game | “Big Events” - distinguish between the top 15 events | |
| #32 Game | “The Great Race” - remember that big event! | |
| #33 Lecture | Rivalry between Spain and England | |
| #34 Lecture | Mercantilism: How England eclipsed Spain’s power and wealth | |
| #35 Group analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, students analyze mercantilism | |
| #36 Quotations | Interpret quotations by John Smith, John Winthrop, Roger Williams, etc. | |
| Test 285 Questions | ||
| Representative Government | ||
| #37 Graphic organizer | How representative government arose in the Thirteen Colonies. | |
| #38 Lecture | What is representative government? | |
| #39 Lecture | Why did representative government arise in the colonies? FIVE REASONS: British traditions, American needs, the Enlightenment, Glorious Revolution, and Great Awakening | |
| British Traditions | ||
| #40 Lecture | The Magna Carta: Seven Principles (that we inherited) | |
| #41 Chart | The Magna Carta: Seven Principles | |
| #42 Graphic organizer | The Magna Carta: Seven Principles | |
| #43 Game | “Seven Principles” | |
| #44 Lecture | The English Parliament, 1295 | |
| American Needs | ||
| #45 Document | The Mayflower Compact, 1620 | |
| #46 Group analysis | “The Survivor Compact” - If you were on the TV game show . . . | |
| #47 Lecture | The Pilgrims believed in self-government | |
| #48 Group analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, students analyze the Mayflower Compact | |
| #49 Group analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, students analyze the House of Burgesses | |
| #50 Group analysis | Using Bloom’s taxonomy, students analyze the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | |
| #51 Game | “Representative Government” - draw a distinction between above 3 | |
| #52 Game | “The Great Race” - draw a distinction between the 3 | |
| The Enlightenment | ||
| #53 Lecture | The Enlightenment, 1650-1800 | |
| #54 Graphic organizer | The Enlightenment - who, what, when, where, why, and how | |
| #55 Graphic organizer | The Enlightenment: Political rights for the individual. Trace the rise of the individual through the Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Exploration, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment and Capitalism | |
| #56 Game | “Name that Enlightenment thinker!” | |
| #57 Game | “The Great Race” - distinguish between John Locke, Montesquieu, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Adam Smith | |
| #58 Quotations | Interpret famous quotations by Locke, Montesquieu, Jefferson, etc. | |
| #59 Game | “The ABCs of the Enlightenment” | |
| #60 Game | “Can you talk like an Enlightenment philosopher?” | |
| The Glorious Revolution | ||
| #61 Lecture | Glorious Revolution (1688) and English Bill of Rights (1689) | |
| #62 Lecture | John Locke: Natural Rights and the Social Contract | |
| The Great Awakening | ||
| #63 Lecture | How religion contributed to the rise of representative government | |
| #64 Document | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. explains the Great Awakening | |
| #65 Game | “Name that Leader!” - those who contributed to representative govt | |
| #66 Game | “The Great Race” - distinguish between the leaders | |
| #67 Game | A homemade board game, “Colonial America” | |
| #68 Game | “The ABCs of Colonial America” (recall terms) | |
| #69 Game | “Can you talk like John Locke?” (define terms) | |
| #70 Game | Honk if you hate history! | |
| #71 Game | Mars/Venus | |
| #72 Game | Stump the Teacher | |
| #73 Game | The Last Man Standing | |
| Test 146 Questions | ||
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